How to Backup Your Start Menu
A single file for all of your settings
Thursday, March 14, 2024 by BradSams | Discussion: Software Blog
The Start menu is arguably one of the most customizable areas of Windows. Yes, you can easily change your desktop wallpaper, arrange icons on your desktop, or change sounds, but the Start menu is the heart of the OS.
While the default Start menu with Windows 10 and 11 is relatively locked-down, Start11 v2 provides a fully customized experience and with features like App Canvas, you can build your own layout. And once you create the perfect layout, persevering it is an essential part of the experience.
With Start11 v2, creating and restoring, configurations is a simple process with the ability to easily backup settings to a file, restore a setting from a file, and if needed, you can also reset Start11 v2 back to the default configuration.
To backup your settings, open the Start11 v2 configuration panel, click "Settings backup", then click "Backup settings to a file", and then save the file to a location of your choosing. To restore a configuration, click "Restore settings" in the same configuration panel area and you can load your backup file.
The best part of these configurations is that you can save multiple files for different scenarios. If you have a work-related menu or a gaming related layout, you can easily load those when needed. Or if you are like me, and enjoy making multiple styles for different devices, I have a folder with menus that are designed specifically for touchscreen and non-touch devices that I use.
Backing up your Start experience was an important pillar of the v2 update for Start11 that introduced dozens of new enhancements. If you haven’t tried out Start11 v2 yet, you can download a free trial here and grab it through the award-winning, Object Desktop productivity suite.
Reply #3 Thursday, March 28, 2024 6:44 PM
I tried that before I posted.
Right clicking on the Start icon gives a different menu but no "Configure Start 11"
I did finally find it. I searched for Start and right-clicked on the app and selected run as administrator:
Reply #4 Thursday, March 28, 2024 8:41 PM
Didn't realize you were on Windows 10. You should be able to run Start11 without Administrative privileges.
You can right click anywhere on a blank area of the Start11 menu and select Configure Start11.
You could also just just pin Start11 to your Start11 menu.
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Reply #1 Thursday, March 28, 2024 4:56 PM
"open the Start11 v2 configuration panel" and how would I do that?